They are pandering to our nostalgia. They know they can take advantage of us, and exploit not only the people who actually remember when games where like this but also the new generation who will think, "LOL so silly and retro!" We're being squeezed for our money by a bunch of people who know how to play us like a violin, and they know it and we know it and they know we know and we don't care because it is going to be so -blam!-ing awesome and I am so excited for it and they can have all my money.